Question

I have enabled anonymous users on the farm and on the entire site.
I also have Windows Authentication turned on.

Whenever an anonymous user attempts to view the site, they are prompted to log in.
And they get prompted to login on every single page they view.

I would like to allow users to log in via Windows Authentication, (perhaps through a special page), but anonymous users should not get prompted to put in their password ever.

Does that mean I need to switch to forms based authentication for the entire site, or is there an option in 2010 to somehow get Windows Authentication and allowing anonymous users to live harmoniously.

Answer 1

It could be because some of the file is not published. For ex, if master page, CSS stylesheet or any image is unpublished, it will prompt the user for login.

Make sure everything is published and it will work.